Category «Courts»

Date Set for Libby CIA Leak Trial

Follow-up to February 2, 2006 posting, Correspondence on Libby Indictment Mentions Missing Emails, news today that the Libby trail date has been set for January 8, 2007 in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia: WSJ free feature: Libby Trial to Begin in January In Case Stemming From CIA Leak AP: “The perjury trial …

Subjects: Courts, Government Documents

Judiciary Chair Sends Questions to AG On Domestic Spying

In advance of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary hearing on Wartime Executive Power and the NSA’s Surveillance Authority, February 6, 2006, the Committee’s Republican Chairman, Arlen Specter, sent a letter on January 24, 2006, to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, listing 15 questions for which he expected detailed responses. The following questions are in the …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Congress, Courts, Government Documents, Legal Research, Patriot Act

Sharing Justice Information Toolkit Released

From The Center for Technology in Government (CTG), University at Albany – Sharing Justice Information: A Capability Assessment Toolkit, November 2005, by Anthony M. Cresswell, Theresa A. Pardo, Donna S. Canestraro, Sharon S. Dawes, and Dubravka Juraga (116 pages, PDF) “This toolkit is designed for justice professionals to use when considering or planning for a …

Subjects: Courts, E-Government, Knowledge Management, Legal Research

Google Fights DOJ Order to Produce Records of Database Searches

MercuryNews.com, Feds after Google data: “The Mountain View-based search and advertising giant opposes releasing the information on a variety of grounds, saying it would violate the privacy rights of its users and reveal company trade secrets, according to court documents. Nicole Wong, an associate general counsel for Google, said the company will fight the government’s …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Courts, Government Documents, Legislation, Privacy, Search Engines

Lawsuit Filed Against Bush and NSA Over Domestic Spying

Press release: “In New York, on January 17, 2006, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) filed a lawsuit against President George W. Bush, the head of the National Security Agency (NSA), and the heads of the other major security agencies, challenging the NSA’s surveillance of persons within the United States without judicial approval or statutory …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Courts, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Privacy

Shaping the Course of the High Court

WSJ free feature today: The High-Court Battle That Never Was – Senators’ Pact on Judicial Filibusters Drained Drama From Roberts, Alito Nominations: “If Judge Alito is confirmed in coming days, the president’s legacy will include at least two high-court appointments, both of whom could steer the court in the conservative direction sought by the Republican …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Congress, Courts, Privacy